Wire-fence tool.



No. 848,943. PATENTED APR. 2, 1 907.

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R. L. WARREN. WIRE FENCE TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED APR.3 0,1906.

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ROBERT LEE WARREN, OF WARDELL, MISSOURI.

WIRE-FENCE TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed April 30, 1906. Serial No. 314,532.

To all whmn it may concern.

Be it known that 1, ROBERT LEE TVARREN, a citizen of the United States,residing at \Nardell, in the county of Peniscot, State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in ire-Fence Tools; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to wire-tools, and more particularly to thatclass which are designed for the purpose of kinking loose fencewires totighten the same; and the invention has for its object to provide asimple tool of this character which may be manufactured from a bar ofmetal and which may be effectually used without danger of injury to thehands of the user, a disadvantage which is prevalent in practically allof the tools of this class now on the market.

To this end the invention resides in the provision of a tool of thischaracter having its wire-engaging portion disposed at right angles tothe handle of the tool, so that when the device is in use the saidhandle will lie between the line-wire being tightened and the adjacentline-wire of the fence.

A further object of the invention is to provide a kinking-j aw of suchconstruction that it will not injure the wire being kinked.

W'ith the above and other objects in view the present invention consistsin the construction and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tool. Fig. 2 isan end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail transverse sectional view on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a front view of a slightlymodified form oftool, showing a construction in which toolhandles are employed; and Fig.5 is a detail perspective view of a still further modification of theinvention. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the tool shown in Fig. 4.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the tool, as shown,comprises a handle and a jaw member and is preferably formed from a barof metal, which is bent adjacent one of its ends at right angles to formthe jaw member of the device, and the said bent portion of the bar whichforms the jaw member of the device is flattened, as shown, and isprovided in one of its edges with a notch for the reception of theline-wire of the fence to be twisted.

The numeral 5 denotes the handle of the tool, and 6 theright-angularly-bent jaw member. As stated, this jaw member is flattenedand has a portion extending laterally beyond the vertical plane occupiedby the handle of the tool, the remaining portion of the jaw member beinglocated in a common plane with the said handle. By this con struction itwill be observed that when the tool is engaged with the line-wire of thefence the handle of the tool will lie in spaced relation to the saidwire and the remaining wires of the fence, and thereby insure againstinjury to the hands of the operator should the fence be of barbed wire.Furthermore, it will be observed .that by reason of the fact that the jaw member of the tool lies in a plane at right angles to that occupiedby the handle of the tool the said handle when the tool is engaged witha line-wire of a fence will lie between the said line-wire and one ofthe adj acent line-wires thereof and that hence the tool may be usedwith greater ease than if the jaw was otherwise positioned.

The notch previously mentioned is indicated by the numeral 7 and has itsedges in parallel relation for the greater portion of their length androunded, as at 8, to prevent injury to the wire while the same is beingkinked. As stated, the edges of the notch are parallel for the greaterportion of their length; but adjacent their outer ends the said edgesdiverge, as at 9, to permit ready engagement of the tool with the wiresof the fence. It will be understood that by locating the edges of thenotch in parallel relation with respect to each other the tool iseflectuall prevented from slipping from the wire and or this reason theside edges of the jaw are also in parallel relation.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 4 I have provided a jaw member10 of precisely the same construction as the jaw member shown in thefirst three figures of the drawings, but have located the said jawmember upon a bar 11 and intermediate the ends of the said bar, so thatone-half of the bar will lie upon each side of the said jaw member, thejaw member, as shown, being located in a plane at right angles to theplane occupied by the handle-bar 11. In order that the form of tool justdescribed may be operated without danger of injury to the hands of theuser, I provide at each. end of the said handle-bar a hand-grip 12,which extends at right angles from the bar, but in an op osite directionto'the jaw 10.

n the form of my invention shown in Fig. 5 the handle of the tool, whichin this figure is indicated by the numeral 13, may be of any desiredconstruction, such as a handle from a hatchet or hammer, and upon thehandle is disposed a sleeve 14, which carries the jaw member of thedevice. The said sleeve is preferably of greater thickness intermediateits ends than at the said ends, and from the said thickened portion ofthe sleeve extends the said jaw member of the tool, the member being, asin the case of the other forms of the invention, located in a plane atright angles to the plane occupied by the said handle 13.

angles to the plane occupied by the handle,

the extreme outer portion of the edges of said bifurcation beingdiverged the remaining portion of the edges of the bifurcation beinglocated in parallel planes.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT LEE WARREN.

WVitnesses:

EARL BROWN, J. M. WEAVER.

